NYC teachers' union sues to stop congestion pricing

The union says the plan will negatively affect teachers and students who commute to Manhattan. Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers joins Good Day live on the latest.
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[@Mannyiwlf]

This guy was speaking straight fire 🔥. Good for him. Best argument I’ve heard so far.

[@Nymaga]

Good everyone should sue them

[@Connect662]

Because well... most of the teachers do not live in NYC.

[@ericbyrd1083]

That part

[@esteerehn2164]

Main reason is because there are many nyc teachers who live in NJ

[@lilyouyou]

I wish NYers weren’t so reliant on the MTA, boycotting the MTA would be fun and would send a message.

[@Will-cb4wb]

lol so wed be more reliant on what?? cars?

[@ryandarko2115]

Boycotting them does nothing

[@ericbyrd1083]

​@@ryandarko2115exactly 💯

[@ericbyrd1083]

​@@Will-cb4wbThank you

[@lilyouyou]

@@Will-cb4wbright… cause cars are the only form of transportation in the whole entire world…

[@3800mbls]

It all about money and salary for MTA

[@mstyah]

This is a falsehood; a similar approach was implemented in London, and the congestion there has not diminished, but rather increased. Consider taking legal action against MTA, as it seems they are feeding you misinformation. It appears their motive is merely to generate additional revenue for themselves.

[@emgee81]

Yes, the congestion charge that's now payable in London ($15.90 per day) is NOT working because if you live outside of London you NEED a car or vehicle to get from A to B around the country and into London itself as the public transport systems outside of the capital are expensive and very unreliable. Added to this are London's new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN's) which have restricted access to certain residential roads therefore pushing the traffic onto already overburdened and busy main roads where vehicles get stuck in queues with their engines idling and polluting the area even more! Another consequence of these measures is that medium to low income earners are being further stretched financially in the capital and therefore seeking to move out of London into the surrounding counties for respite which has pushed the prices of property rentals and purchases up in those areas. For example, where I live about 7 miles from the border (20 miles to the centre) of London a 2 bedroom apartment was $1500 per month to rent 6 months ago - now it's at least $2000+ because of demand!

[@jeffreyowens3966]

MIND BLOWING

[@DRACOFURY]

First the Queen Of Christmas 🎄 Now My Teachers Standin Up To The Mob As In *MTA* *GET ACTIVE*

[@MrDXRamirez]

Anyone who works in the city and lives out of the city can add about another $4000.00 dollars per year to your commuting cost. Congestion pricing is a fall in wages induced by city government policies. It is happening because the city and the city council are unable to coordinate a plan that falls on the heels of another social transformation of the workplace, people who work from home and employed by companies in the city. An opportunity is seen here to lower emissions. For those who’s workplace is the city cannot work from home your emissions will cost you more even if you walk to the city and leave no carbon foot print. It does not appear you have a democracy when one group lives off the backs of another. If working people do not want to see their wages fall and have their voices heard by the council and mayor they have to make a lot of noise and disruption to get the city to come up wth a better plan that is not an unequal distribution of a burden.

[@rangergun]

This is all about Money! THATS IT!

[@hamplus163]

Rosaannas shock that they didn’t do a full study 😂

[@sexyMan3926]

The news lady in pink look upset she for congestion pricing 😡 then you pay for it KAREN!!

[@gizmo-_]

If it smells like it, IT'S IT!!!

[@esteerehn2164]

Let’s not forget the noise level and excessive junking right in front of our buildings.

[@user-ze4bv1hm3e]

It's no reason to live in NYC honestly after school I'm out

[@dannybx78]

Congestion pricing is a headache.

[@durece100]

No its not. Congestion pricing is a good thing. Stop driving your car to/from New York. Just ride a bike or a scooter.

[@gizmo-_]

@@durece100 Its impossible, people have to drive into nyc for many reasons. Congestion pricing will not reduce traffic, it will only take money from people who need to work in the city.

[@durece100]

@@gizmo-_ Yes it will reduce car traffic.

[@gizmo-_]

@@durece100 no it won’t, commercial vehicles take up all the parking. Paying for parking already cost an arm and a leg for a few hours. The only people truly affected by this process are people who need to drive into the city. Construction workers, police officers, teachers, food delivery etc. The city is congested because there is 1.6 million people living there, excluding people from other boroughs coming to work there. The pricing is a bandaid for the real issue…

[@durece100]

@@gizmo-_ No personal vehicles would allow to enter New York or New Jersey. Transit buses, and emergency vehicles would allow free to enter either two states.

[@xtremeentertainmenttv9664]

New York City is now known as Little California.

[@Gio-vf1zf]

Why is he so concerned he voted for this? Plus 90 percent of nyc teachers take the train or bus to go teach

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

The people of the City of New York had no say in the matter. If we did, most people would not vote for this

[@Artoconnell]

Ny should issue democrat party license plates that are exempt from rules for the servant class. until such time as the servant class no longer owns cars. its a short term problem really.

[@fasteddie9055]

UFT Pres. Mulgrew has no business using hard earned teacher's union dues to pay for a capricious law suit against the MTA. We all know that the powerful MTA has plenty of powerful political interests to support any MTA political actions. It's a classic case of throwing good money after bad money. If the ambitious Mulgrew has higher political objectives in mind, then stop using union coffers to support his campaign. I'm a Local 100 MTA union member. I clearly remember Local 100 Pres. Toussaint enthusiastically shaking hands with the ultra powerful MTA Chairman Kalikow after some 2004 sell out union/mgmt negotiations. Union presidents are notorious for squandering monies that don' t belong to them . The name James R Hoffa comes to mind. .

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

He is not wrong though. All this will do is move traffic and pollution elsewhere. That is not a good thing at all

[@DONTSTEPNSNEK507]

He ain’t coming back he told the truth.

[@randylotito8045]

RIGHT HERE THEY NEED TO PUT N.Y.P.D POLICE TRANSIT 🚇🚇🚇 DISTRICT COPS 👮‍♀️ 👮‍♂️ 🚔 INSIDE THE SUBWAY TRAIN 🚇🚇🚇 STATION CAB 🚇 CARS NOT AT THE TURNSTYLES WHERE YOU SCAN & $$$ PAY 2.90 CENTS WITH YOUR OMNY SCANNER CARD PASS.

[@peachmango5347]

So we've heard, "Pay your fair share" for the last time?

[@Awesome_Aasim]

New York City should look to Amsterdam, not London, to figure out how it should reduce car traffic. The single most important step for reducing car traffic is making the car routes long and circuitous so that bikes can always take the fastest route to go anywhere. We already have two roads - FDR Drive on the east and the West Side Highway on the west - so there should not be a need to have through traffic on every single avenue.

[@enarush1]

So when they shut down the FDR due to a car accident or theres a UN meeting or West Side is closed due to a major accident, cars shouldn’t have alternate routes to get around the traffic

[@MTARyder]

​@@enarush1 you forgot flooding.

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

Dude brining up 9/11... You know he is desperate when he does that.

[@mejus161]

Only charge Ubers and cabs

[@gilbertomejiajr1706]

Rosaanna gotta stop with her shit acting that way like come on she knows whats up especially when he said they take years to fix things but yet they build the tolls quickly but everything else they take their time or never fix it but yet say they need more i need the info i would be there so we can make this stop we all need to be there and stop them from robbing us all fuck the mta its trash if i wanna drive i should be allowed to thats why i brought the damn car 🚗 💯

[@GenF91]

Keep suing.

[@durece100]

No.

[@flipsolo]

I'm tired of folks complaining about congestion pricing. You have OPTIONS not to drive to NYC!!!! You can give a big middle finger to congestion pricing by taking public transit!

[@ericbyrd1083]

Yep, they want hear that though.

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

Not everyone has access to public transportation. People come into Manhattan for many reasons and transit deserts do exist in the city of new york. Most Americans drive because there is no other option to get to certain areas. Stop acting like everyone can just use public transit

[@flipsolo]

@@Atrail_Mckinley4786Then fight for that then, address those transit deserts! Fight for more frequent and expanded service, instead of what this dude is doing (who BTW is going to directly affect his commute that is why he is suing, even though less than 1% of NYC teachers will be affected by this).

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

@flipsolo Congestion Pricing is not the answer to address that problem. It will just make pollution worse in the outer boroughs. It's not just about teachers. It has too many negatives, and the MTA has a history of wasting money. They got 19.8 billion dollars last year. I doubt an extra 2 billion will all of a sudden make things better. Heck, the MTA admitted that service wouldn't change if implemented.

[@durece100]

What's the point of driving cars to/from New York or New Jersey? You might stuck in traffic during rush hours. How stupid are these people against congestion pricing? This is reduce air pollution, noise, and road accidents.

[@ericbyrd1083]

Somebody gets it👏🏿🏆☝🏿

[@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762]

​@ericbyrd1083 it's a cash grab, many billionaires moved out of the city. They need to recoup that cash

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

Reduce it in a area where mostly rich people live yet increase pollution in the outer boroughs. That is not a good thing. Also most people drive because they have no other reliable option to get into Manhattan. Transit deserts do exist and not everyone can just take a train